- Jim Gleason long has had an evil reputation. One night he breaks into the home of the Widow Hunter, and overhears Will, her son and sole support, resolving to enter a life of crime to save his mother from starvation. Half from pity, half from curiosity. Gleason follows Will to the house of Harvey Elliott. Strangely fascinated, the hardened crook hides to watch this boy commit his first crime. A diamond brooch of peculiar design lies on the table. Will seizes it. Gleason starts from his place of concealment to prevent the deed. But before he can intervene, young Hunter has fled. The crook stealthily follows. He is brought face to face with Elliott, however, and the police are summoned. Gleason, accused of the theft, is locked up. Meanwhile, the boy has been tracked by two men. Once safely inside his own house the enormity of his offense comes over him and he starts on a run back to the home of the millionaire to replace the diamonds. The two men who have been shadowing Will, waylay him. A struggle ensues in which the boy is knocked senseless. At daybreak he comes to himself. He reads of Gleason's arrest. Forgetting everything else, he goes to the station and gives himself up. Gleason, meanwhile, has been released. He steals around to Hunter's house after dark, meaning to leave there the few dollars he has. Old Mrs. Hunter, who is both deaf and blind, discovers his presence, and mistaking him for her son, implores him not to leave her again. Gleason resolves to fill Will's place as best he can. By this time he has learned in full the story of Will's adventures of the preceding night. Gleason determines not to rest until he has run down the two men and brought them to justice. He gets a respectable job, and at night still visits his old haunts in the hope of tracing the thieves. Months pass. Several times he is on the point of capturing the crooks when the opportunity evades him. At last, through a woman's whim, their whereabouts are betrayed, and Gleason triumphs. Will Hunter is freed. He is convinced that his mother must be dead. But on reaching home he is amazed to find that a stranger has been substituting for him all through his absence and that Mrs. Hunter is well and happy. Will is overcome with gratitude to Gleason. But all the latter asks in return is the boy's promise that never again will he resort to the crooked path. Then Gleason goes away, a changed man for the rest of his life.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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